Else Sehrig-Vehling (26 May 1897 in

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– 12 February 1994 in

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Entry on the birth certification (civil registration office Düsseldorf-Mitte No. 3194) Microfilm Einwohnermelderegister (MF) Düsseldorf) was a German

expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

. She was the daughter of the Architect Heinrich Vehling (1868 in Düsseldorf – 1944 in Koblenz) and of Eva Hubertine (maiden name Habes) (1874 in Düsseldorf – 1953). She was a member of an artist group called '' Das junge Rheinland'' (The Young Rhinelanders). Her style was influenced by her close friendships to

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century ...

, Carl Barth, Max Schwimmer, Fritz Winter and other German artists. In 1921, Else Sehrig-Vehling was one of the first female art students of the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. The City Museum of Düsseldorf honoured her with an exhibition in 1983, showing her early expressionist works. In 1933 she married Hermann Sehrig, a German artist and Member of the

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. His works are in many public collections such as the German Ceramic Museum. She is listed in the well known German art dictionary ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon'' (World Biographical Dictionary of Artists).

Exhibitions

Public collections

At the Stadtmuseum (City Museum) in Düsseldorf - Watercolour 1950 titled "Mädchen" (Girl)Archiv Lauterbach AL 298

References

* Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (1941): ''Herbstausstellung Düsseldorfer Künstler''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1954): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1956): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1957): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1961): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1962): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1963): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf. * Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler (1964): ''Catalogue:Grosse Weihnachtsausstellung, 1953, der bildenden Künstler von Rheinland und Westfalen im Kunstpalast zu Düsseldorf''. Düsseldorf.

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